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Mastery motivation is the psychological force to achieve and improve one's skills in the absence of any physical reward. This article presents the theoretical background for this concept and describes three characteristics of mastery motivation in toddlers: (1) behavioral manifestations in multiple domains, (2) developmental changes in those manifestations, and (3) the influence of the socializing environment. These characteristics are used to suggest applications for assessment of individual differences (measurement) and for program design (intervention)

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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Infantile anorexia is characterized by food refusal and failure to thrive. It is defined as a transactional disorder that leads to a developmental disturbance in internal regulation of eating. By this transactional model, the infant's temperament characteristics of emotional intensity, distractibility, and stubbornness evoke conflicts over control and limit setting in a vulnerable mother who becomes anxious and insecure when faced with the infant's food refusal and oppositional behaviors during feeding. Mother and infant become increasingly involved in maladaptive interactions, each struggling for control, with food being the battleground. The infant's eating becomes increasingly externally controlled by the interactions with his or her caregivers instead of internally by hunger and fullness. The therapeutic intervention addresses the three components of the model: (1) it serves to help the parents understand and deal with the anorectic infant's temperament, (2) it addresses the difficulties the parents may have in setting limits, and (3) it provides parents with recommendations on how to structure meal times in order to facilitate internal regulation of eating

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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The article describes a proposed model for considering sensory processing an important factor in young children's performance. The author reviews constructs from neuroscience and behavioral science to propose how the transaction among these constructs may provide a framework for understanding various patterns of behavior and for developing methods for handling young children's sensory processing needs in a functional and supportive manner. The author reviews data from a series of studies on the Sensory Profile, a family-report measure of a child's responses to sensory experiences during daily life, to illustrate the utility and possible quantitative support for the proposed model components in young children with and without disabilities

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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The early interventionist has a unique opportunity to have a positive, productive impact on the lives of children with Down syndrome and their families. The early interventionist can support, guide, and inform families about the medical problems that are common in children with Down syndrome who need evaluation. Early detection and treatment of problems such as hearing loss and visual deficits can facilitate optimal development

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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Caring for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: New Roles for Physicians (CFIT) is a continuing medical education program designed to ensure that physicians have the information and skills needed to be full participants in community systems of early intervention. The model provides competency-based training through an introductory seminar and a program of independent study in the areas of child-find, assessment, Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) development, and transition. The model was originally developed between 1991 and 1994 and successfully used with 200 Virginia physicians. Replication of the model will reach physicians in at least nine additional states or territories

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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Clinical specialists developed a model for team developmental assessment of high-risk infants using a fiberoptic “distance learning” televideo network in south-central Upstate New York. An “arena-style” transdisciplinary play-based assessment model was adapted for use across the televideo connection. A facilitator met a family at a remote site in the family's home community, and other team specialists remained at a local site to perform the arena-type assessment across the televideo screen. Close simulation of the conventional “in-person” assessment procedure was successfully attained, including successfully identifying a subtle anomaly and unexpectedly providing “enhanced” transdisciplinary communication

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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Almost all infants become attached to their mothers or a mother figure, but many of these attachments are anxious and insecure. Infants in families experiencing multiple risk factors are especially vulnerable for development of attachment problems. Since the quality of the infant-mother attachment is associated with important aspects of the child's development (eg, development of behavior problems), several studies have examined interventions designed to promote secure infant-mother attachments. This article reviews studies of interventions conducted with multirisk families. Implications are drawn from these studies, the attachment literature, and the authors' clinical experience for ways in which professionals in a variety of settings (eg, public health, early intervention, child welfare, day care, pediatrics, specialized therapies) can promote secure infant-mother attachment

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID